…does it make the situation less or more doomed?

As some have already humored, two satellites met a fiery doom in an unplanned collision above northern Siberia.

Image courtesy of Analytical Graphics, Inc. (www.agi.com)

On February 10 at approximately 1656 GMT, the Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 communications satellites collided over northern Siberia. The impact between the Iridium Satellite LLC-owned satellite and the 16-year-old satellite launched by the Russian government occurred at a closing speed of well over 15,000 mph at approximately 490 miles above the face of the Earth.

Local tweet friend, Frank Snyder, has access to many high-resolution images and video of the event. Having watched the videos, trust us when we say you want to download them.

Read the rest of this entry »